MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A New York City-based photographer managed to collect over $2 million in donations in a campaign against forced labor in Pakistan, NBC News reported Wednesday.
Over 40,000 people donated over $1M in fewer than 12 hours to help Fatima end bonded labor. http://t.co/gZnVBNBf1y pic.twitter.com/ptcYUXgzWq
— Brandon Stanton (@humansofny) 18 августа 2015
The photo series, which captured images of laborers in rural Pakistan forced to work at brick kilns, has become increasingly popular on the Internet in recent weeks. The public response to the posts led Stanton to set up a campaign for the Bonded Labour Liberation Front charity.
The charity organization estimates that 4 million Pakistanis work at the kilns in bonded labor.
Pakistan is known to be a country where forced labor is present in different economic sectors, according to the International Labour Organization.
